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Born in Kanagawa, based in Tokyo. Yudai Nakaya's practice begins with a sense of dissonance felt in the face of a single event. He re-describes that event from multiple perspectives—human, society, animal, plant, time, machine—and turns the gaps that emerge between these descriptions into works. Each project is numbered as a "Case": one Case is a body of multiple descriptions surrounding one event. A Case is never complete; descriptions from new perspectives are added over time. As long as there are events in the world, the Cases will continue to grow. Grants 2026 Grant for Arts Activities, The Asahi Shimbun Foundation Solo Exhibitions 2027 Continuum, Tokyo (upcoming) Art Fairs 2026 Independent Tokyo, Tokyo 2025 UNKNOWN ASIA, Osaka Art Festivals 2026 SICF Fukuoka, ONE FUKUOKA BLDG, Fukuoka * 2026 NAFAS Festival Tokyo, BUoY, Tokyo * 2026 Trolls in the Park, Tokyo 2025 Kudoyama Art Festival, Wakayama 2025 Trolls in the Park, Tokyo Group Exhibitions 2026 IAG AWARDS, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Tokyo 2025 IAG AWARDS, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Tokyo 2025 GAKUTEN, The National Art Center, Tokyo 2025 Asia Digital Art Award Exhibition, Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka 2025 ACT Art Award Exhibition, The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo, Tokyo 2025 SM-size Art Award Exhibition, Nishiwaki City Okanoyama Museum of Art, Hyogo 2025 ACTA+ ART AWARD Finalists Exhibition, COIL, Yamaguchi 2025 Shoto Museum of Art Open Call Exhibition, Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo 2025 Sakai City Exhibition, Sakai City Cultural Hall, Osaka 2024 ACTA+ ART AWARD, Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower Atrium, Tokyo 2024 NARU FES - ARTEAT, +NARU NIHONBASHI, Tokyo 2024 Asia Digital Art Award Exhibition, Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka 2007 Spiral Bank Exhibition 9×9, Spiral, Tokyo Awards 2026 Finalist, IAG AWARDS 2026 Selected, SHIBUYA AWARDS 2025 Jury Award, GAKUTEN 2025 Special Prize, Annual Photography Awards 2025 Finalist, IAG AWARDS 2025 Finalist, Metro Ad Creative Award 2025 Selected, Kudoyama Art Festival (Open Call) 2025 Selected, ACT Art Award Exhibition 2025 Selected, SM-size Art Award Exhibition 2025 Selected, Shoto Museum of Art Open Call Exhibition 2024 Grand Prix, Asia Digital Art Award — Video Category 2024 Grand Prix, ACTA+ ART AWARD 2023 Honorable Mention, Asia Digital Art Award — Still Image Category * 2023 Selected, Watowa Art Award * 2009 Good Design Award Publications 2026 One and Many Transparent Liquids 2025 CURATED ARTWORKS 2024–2025 Editorial 2026 Visual Direction, Interdisciplinary Poetry Journal Koo Critical Texts 2026 Osamu Watanabe, “A Landscape of Vast Oblivion” , note (on Last Milk) 2025 Osamu Watanabe, “The Ethical Potential of Contemporary Art” , note (on H.Garden) Broadcast / Public Screens 2026 All Night Nippon, Nippon Broadcasting System 2026 Outdoor screen, Tokyu Kabukicho Tower, Tokyo 2026 In-vehicle signage, taxi app GO 2026 Public signage, Kariya City, Aichi Press 2025 Tokyo Art Beat 2025 Tokyo Shimbun 2024 Tokyo Shimbun 2024 Yamaguchi Shimbun 2009 NNN News Real Time, Nippon TV 2009 Mezanew, Fuji TV 2009 Tokudane!, Fuji TV 2009 Super J Channel, TV Asahi 2009 The Yomiuri Shimbun 2009 The Mainichi Shimbun 2009 The Asahi Shimbun 2009 The Nikkei Lectures 2012 Shibu6gumi, Tokyu Department Store, Tokyo 2012 CROOZ Inc., Tokyo 2011 Otemachi NEWS College, Sankei Shimbun, Tokyo 2010 Good Design Expo, Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo 2009 Author talk, Sanctuary Books, Tokyo 2009 Lecturer, Tokyo Contents Producers Lab, Tokyo Jury 2026 Koo Poetry Open Call Vol.1 2025 Gratitude Poem Contest, MAR apelar Community Engagement 2021–2026 NPO Anata no Ibasho (A Place for You) PR MARPH ArtSticker * Under a different name